International Day of Rural Women
In 2007, the UN General Assembly established October 15 as the International Day of Rural Women to recognize their enormous contribution in rural areas and to advance gender equality there.
Rural women represent a quarter of the world's population, and their work ensures half of the planet's food supply, making them fundamental to improving food security and combating poverty. Indeed, the UN estimates that if they had the same access to productive resources as men, "agricultural yields could increase by 20 to 30 percent, feeding between 100 and 150 million people."
Furthermore, women are frequently at the forefront of the fight against climate change, implementing sustainable agricultural practices, developing resilience strategies in their communities, and generating reforestation and restoration initiatives. However, they are also the ones most affected by the impacts of climate change.
See also:
Care from rural contexts – InfoCLACSO of December 14, 2023
Recovery with gender equality and climate justice
State of the art on care in rural contexts in Latin America and the Caribbean
Rural perspectives on multiple crises and diverse alternatives in Latin America
Policies and Lines of Action (PLA)
Good living for indigenous women in the Colombian Amazon
CLACSO Working Groups
- Agricultural work, inequalities and rural life
- Critical studies of rural development
- Bodies, territories and feminisms
- Ruralities and political transitions in Central America and Colombia
- Political Agroecology
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